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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1902
Page
3
Oil strike near Denver noted as major economic development. The post office appropriation bill advanced in the House. Senate ratified an international treaty on warfare. A population based bill seeks more senators. Spanish cabinet resigned with queen regent moving to form a Liberal ministry. Asia Minor earthquakes caused hundreds of deaths in the latest toll.
Government troops report eight hundred killed on both sides after a February 23 attack at Agua Dulce. General Castro abandoned a retreat toward David and Chiriqui, marching 200 miles with scarce food. Col Laque reportedly killed. revolutionaries seize David.
Bills for Eastern Oregon relief, fires destroying Northelham post office, and rail accidents injuring several. News from Cuba, Chile, and Asia notes battles at Agua Dulce with heavy casualties. Imperial maneuvers include British warship funding, Ireland visit cancelations, and a nurse of progress in social clubs. Local scenes show a divided skirt trend and a streetcar fare vote. Colonel Uribe, kin to General Uribe Uribe, dies in Agua Dulce fighting.
Six men dynamited the Exchange Bank in Minooka nine miles west of Joliet and stole between 2000 and 5000 dollars. Theodore Kline, alerted from a sick bed, warned bank president A. K. Mapp before being assaulted and gagged. Kline found two hours later. Robbers fled on a handcar.
London today reports the British admiralty has contracted with several shipbuilding firms to construct five first class and two third class cruisers and two battleships, expanding the navy's modern fleet.
A morning blaze at 1:30 a.m. destroyed the west barn of the Eastern avenue sheds belonging to the St. Louis Transit Company and 70 cars. The damage is reported at 125,000 dollars. No injuries are mentioned.
A severe snow storm has raged in Ouray since last night with forty inches of snow and winds up to 60 miles per hour. Drifts have blocked roads and stage traffic to the mines and the Red Mountain and Sneffels line is suspended. mails leave by horseback. Fear of avalanches grows as the storm continues.
A concise review notes the Coquille creamery resuming operations and a new creamery under construction near Myrtle Point. Haines in Union county is incorporated. Gambling crusade launched in Oregon City. Woodmen of the World building a hall at Dusty Benton county. Salem reveals multi precinct registrations. Florence plans city officer elections April 1. February rainfall at Grants Pass sets a monthly record near 13 inches. Prairie City bars tobacco in public meetings. 1901 to 1902 saw 19600 acres patented in Wasco county. Tongue criticizes Lower Columbia improvement opposition. Statewide tax rebates for prompt payment are well received. Oregon prunes market improving in the East with strong demand. Ashland to Lakeview telegraph line right of way sought. Umatilla county GOP convention endorses Williamson for Congress Furnish for governor. La Grande agitation for a $25000 public building. Coos county hosts first Socialist ticket. 26 homestead entries filed at Oregon City in February. Clackamas Socialist convention nominates full ticket. Daily hops contracts vary 6 to 12 in 1902 with 11.5 to 12.5 cents. 40000 pounds of hops sold by G W Perkins at 14.5 cents.
The item lists prices for wheat, barley, flour, millstuffs, hay, potatoes, dairy products, eggs, cheese, poultry, mutton, hogs, veal, beef, hops, wool, and mohair from various regions. It also notes snuff fashion in London and demographic church densities in Australia, England, and Russia, plus explorer Borchegrevinck's return from a hazardous voyage with new data.
Ex governor John P Altgeld died at the Hotel Monroe Joliet at 7 00 am after a night of medical care cerebral hemorrhages were given as the cause He was in frail health after prior financial and health troubles including the Globe Savings Bank Spalding crash and a pro Boer speech pledge from Will county authorities
The steamer Providence traveling from Vicksburg to Lake Palmyra overturned in a cyclonic squall near Lone Landing at 2 am as it entered the lake. Of the passengers and crew, 21 were drowned, nine were saved, and property losses reach thousands of dollars.
A morning tornado swept southern Copiah and northern Lincoln counties killing at least seven. Montgomery in Copiah suffered the worst damage with four bodies found under debris. A railroad camp nearby lost three men and a passenger train on the Illinois Central had all coach windows blown out.
Washington reports the House foreign affairs committee voted against considering Representative Sherman’s Chinese exclusion bill and then moved to proceed with the Mitchell Kahn measure in continuous session. The first nine pages including exclusion provisions were approved with minor changes, restricting Chinese laborers from Philippines travel and vice versa. The panel’s action on the exclusion section was nearly unanimous, with remaining sections covering administrative details.
Washington report states W J Glenn doorkeeper of the house of representatives died at 3 10 this afternoon from acute inflammation of the lungs. He was a resident of New York.
London dispatch reports a Warsaw court martial condemned Russian Colonel Grimm for sharing military secrets with a foreign power. It claims several aristocratic Polish ladies were arrested as accomplices. An unconfirmed rumor says he was shot immediately.
Captain Sebree of the U S N issues strict rules for all passengers landing on Tutuila. Indigents or undesirables must deposit 450 with customs when requested by the commandant. The deposit will be returned upon departure from the islands.
Senator Mitchell introduced a bill to relieve settlers in Sherman county Oregon from the Eastern Oregon Land Company. The interior secretary would value lands and improvements, issue certificates of indebtedness, and funds would be paid from the treasury. The measure covers dispossessed settlers and those still in possession, with death provisions and no assigned claims recognition. Mitchell sought a favorable committee report after a hearing.
Prince Henry of Prussia sailed from New York aboard the Deutschland after a day of official farewells and celebratory scenes. Guests dined in a 28-cover luncheon, music by the Hohenzollern band, and a photo session on the bridge before the ship sailed at 3 45 pm amid crowds along the North River and Battery shores.
In Boston on March 15, leaders from merchants and labor unions, with Governor Crane, brokered a settlement ending a four day strike by 20 000 freight handlers and longshoremen represented by Allied Freight Transportation Council. Railroads will rehire many laid off workers though some vacancies may remain. Traffic will resume as soon as possible with high demand for returning crews.
A Missoula special to the Independent reports Science Hall at the state university of Montana was nearly destroyed by a fire that began around 1 50 o clock Friday morning. The building is the campus second finest and worth about 100 000, with equipment raising the total value to a much higher figure.
Washington and Hoboken dispatches record cordial exchanges between Prince Henry of Prussia and President Theodore Roosevelt. Each thanks the other for hospitality and friendship, with Roosevelt sending best wishes and asking to extend greetings to Empress Augusta and Miss Roosevelt.
Seismic shocks at Shamaka in Transcaucasia around mid February left about 12 000 people destitute. Reports from St. Petersburg on March 13 describe the disaster and its humanitarian impact.
Dallas March 13 President E H Green of the Texas Midland Railroad has received a telegram from the patent office announcing a patent grant for a wireless telegraphy system He plans to install the system on the Midland as soon as possible and expects the railroad to be the first in the world to use it.
A Juneau letter to the Post Intelligencer describes a January volcanic eruption near Kenai on Cook Inlet. A mountain side split open with fire and lava pouring out, ashes blanketed Kenai, and an accompanying earthquake spawned tidal waves causing damage.
Milwaukee March 13 The Allie Chalmers Company posted notices that beginning in April a 5 percent raise will apply to all employees and a Saturday half holiday will be granted. The increase affects 4500 workers nationwide.
Transvaal Gold notes from London dated March 13 state the Chamber of Mines reports Witwatersrand gold production for February at 41 540 ounces with the February yield also indicating a notable increase for the month.
A legislative bill in Seattle evaluates whether the U S government should acquire or build a canal and locks at Willamette Falls, potentially affecting local manufacturing interests and Portland General Electric property. It orders an engineers board to study routes linking Puget Sound, Lakes Union, and Washington, while protecting water uses and possible damages.
President Roosevelt sends his first veto message to Congress opposing a bill to remove the desertion charge from Navy records. The case concerns John Glass who enlisted in January 1884 at age 16 and was later ordered ashore, a move tied to his desertion. The Senate naval affairs committee noted Glass was young and pressured after an act he witnessed.
A dispatch from Colon Colombia dated March 13 reports a clash at Socha on February 23. Revolutionists with about 2,000 men faced 3,000 government troops. Revolutionists lost 200 killed or wounded and 400 were captured, while government casualties are not detailed.
A blaze in Chicago on March 13 gutted five brick warehouses of the Brunswick Ball Callender Company at We and Superior streets. Loss estimated at 17,000 with a large shipment of imported glass valued at 100,000 destroyed, intended for mirror production.
The Pekin government has presented to Mr. Conger a memorial against re-enactment of the Chinese exclusion law. It objects to excluding Chinese from the Philippine and Hawaiian islands, arguing Chinese have extensive mercantile interests and strong ties to the islands, making repression undesirable.
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